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E. SENN.

SAW SET.

No. 246,980. Patented'Sept. 18,1881.

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UNITED vSTATES PATENT OFFICE- EDUARD SENN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SAW-SET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,980, dated September 13, 1881.

Application iled November 1S, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDUARD SENN, ot' the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saw-Sets, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to 'a simple device for setting the teeth of common saws; and it consists of a U-shaped holder or yoke, which is applied to the saw-blade and provided with au axially-movable setting-plate and handle, the latter being provided with a fixed stop, which abuts against an adjustable set-screw ot' the holder, so as to control the degree of set of the saw-teeth as imparted bythe setting-plate of the handle.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation,partly in section, of my improved saw-set. Fig. 2 is an end view; Fig. 3, a top view of the same, and Fig. 4 an enlarged end view ofthe saw-blade, showing the relative positions ot' the setting-plate to the teeth of the saw-blade before and after setting.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents the holder or yoke of my improved saw-set, which holder is made of U shape at the ends and with an open middle portion, so as to be placed in position on the saw-bladein such amanner thatthe teeth ot' the saw project above the middle portion,

as shown in Fig. l. One of the U-shaped end yokes is extended upwardly and inwardly and provided with a sleeve, B, which is cast in one piece with the holder A. In the sleeve B is guided the shank a of a setting-plate, O, which is provided with a handle, D. The shank a is retained by means of a set-screw, b, which enters into an annular groove, b', of the shank. The setting-plate C may be removed by unscrewing the set-screw b, which, when screwed forward so as to enter into the groove b', permits the axial motion ot' the setting-plate O, but prevents its withdrawal from the sleeve B. The handle D is provided with a xed stop, e, which forms contact with an adjustable setscrew, e', ot' a projecting ear or lug, e2, of the sleeve of the holderwhenthe handle and shank are turned around its axis.

The device is employed in setting the teeth of the sawin the following manner: The holder is placed in position on the saw-blade and the setting-plate inserted at right angles to the bladeiu the space between two adjoining teeth, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4. lhe han dleisthen turned and the setting-plate brought to bear upon two adjoining teeth of the sawblade, which are thereby set in opposite direc tion to each other, but each at the same angle of inclination to the blade. (See Fig. 4.)

The sawteeth may be set to a greater or less degree of inclination by increasing or decreasing the extent of axial motion ot' the sett-ingplate, which is governed by the adjustable contact-screw e. This device is then moved on between the next two teeth, and so on, until all the teeth of the saw areset, two teeth being always set in opposite directions and at the same time.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patentl. In a saw-set, the combination of a U- shaped holder or yoke adapted to receive the saw-blade, a setting-plate the shank of which has its bearings in said holder, said plate being adjustable transverselybetween wo adjoining saw-teeth and being movable axially of its shank, whereby a uniform bending of said teeth in opposite directions is effected, and means for limiting the extent of axial motion of the setting-plate, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a holder or yoke A, provided with guide-sleeve B, lug e2, and contactscrew e', a setting-plate adjustable between two adjoining saw-teeth transversely ot' the blade and movable axially of its shank, which is held within said sleeve, a handle, D, and a projecting stop, e, substantially as described.

In testimony thatl I claim the foregoing as myinvention I have signed my name, in presence ot' two witnesses, this lst day of November, 1880.

EDUARD SENN.

Witnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, CARL KART. 

